The legislation still has to make its way through Congress, and there are plenty of hurdles ahead before football returns to the banks of the Anacostia River. The politically-connected residents around the RFK site have always had mixed feelings about football, the traffic and the crowds.
The dream of the Burgundy and Gold returning to play in the District got a step closer to reality on Wednesday when the House Oversight Committee approved the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Revitalization Act.
It’s a factor that has stymied football stadium efforts in the past. And it’s at least part of the reason the team wound up in Landover, which was, at the time for owner Jack Kent Cooke, the path of least resistance. It still is. Cooke then wanted to build the stadium in Laurel, Maryland. But residents there turned out in large numbers at public meetings to oppose it, actually booing team officials.
Last year, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said he would not support any legislation that included provisions for a new stadium. He also added a budget amendment to extend a provision in the D.C. code that prohibits Events DC from spending city money to bring the Commanders back to the city, according to a June report by WUSA9 TV.
A new facility will be costly wherever it is. Last month, the Associated Press reported that the price tag for the new $1.4 billion Buffalo Bills stadium which started construction four months ago had jumped another $300 million, due to increased labor and material costs.At an August televised town hall meeting, Moore said his administration has had discussions with the new Commanders owner that have included using public money to help pay for the stadium — a commitment that former Gov.
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